Conductor&#39;s train-book.



Jl C. A. CRANE. GONDUGTORS mmf gooi@ AFPLICATON FILED PEB.26,1909, 954,553 Patented Apr. 12, 1910.

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JAMES c. A, CRANE,

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- vTo all whom'it may con/corn:` f" 'Be itknown that I, J Aims (1 ArCmijim, -fzrcitizen of the United States, residingut' Denison county of Gryson, end Stute of -l`exas, ave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Conductors Train- Bool rs, of which the following is a specificationa 'i 2;,.My invention relates to conductors train' reports 'und .particularly to train reports "l -zesrpeciu'lly adapted for uee by the conductors o freight trams.

.The vobject of my invention is to provide un improved t-rain report for car record pur-v -p'oseis `which will-admit. of forwarding' un ac- 'Sourate report to .the czlreccountant of all "'cars handled immediately von arrival itt terv minalnnd'fwhich will give the car record oilice an original report. 1, A further object-o-:my invention' is to vprovide a. .device-as mentioned wherein the traini conductors book showing movements Imade by oars is :made inlor'iginal form on a single=s11eet,the .portion-relating to. the movements end contents 'of the'severel cars 'beingdetztchible from the book, and -pro- Tv'idedfwith zi-.cgirbonre'cord formed simultaneously with the recording .of the date on .the ldet-aohgble portion, whereby:v the :original Claims-1.1.5. y t g inv n tionwill be more readily underreferenodtm the eoooinpenying in form-ingu; part of' this'specicayure 1 is a vView of 'd hebook .with 'the det cl-mble origixnnf cargre'cord may bey forwarded "to the: cervm. -eoc'ountant Ainfn-nedintelyl upon 4reaching the end of fthe route and leaving the conductor aspecimen@ of Letrsrmnt. I Patented Apr. 12, .1910. Application filed February 26, v1909. Serial No., $0,140.

s pectve view of the lower portionotthe book, and Fig. L is a detail View of 'a portion of .the detachable original cur record sheet.

Referring now to the drawing-tl,l indi-4 cotes' the back or cover of the book` which may be made of any suitable materiel 'but preferably of cardboard and 2 indicftes the moin sheet of 'the record upon which the origlnal data is placed. Interposed between the back l end the main sheet. 2 is an auxil-v iary sheet 3;A The parte 1?"2 and Bere substantially (zo-extensive inv size 'and ere folded together at the centerfl and seoured'fat the central line by stitching lor sta ling, In using the book it is opened at tiie page presenting the sheet 2 upon which to make the original record. -By folding the book es described thesheet'sarb each. divided into -two leavee'fortning {Zlib-pages "2-'- b and 3'-3" respectively. The page 72* is divided by -horizontel lines 6 into a' number of secti ons,'o`nefor each 'car'handled-bythe train, andlby vertical lines 'for'mn columns in which are placed the initial o the per, the number, the kind, the date, the starting point; and terminus 'of' each cer and the contents. -At the'top offthe ypa-gefis-a 'rintedblank'to fill'in with the'name of t e division, the number and-date of thel tritin, its starting point' and t-inieoffleaving'," its destination and time of its arrvalQf-and'the conductor. The right hendsideoff'the 'page is provided with .a perforated line 8 e' short distance from' theine 4, affording ineens for-'separating the "page when the trai-nfa- 90 rivesfat its destination ,to mail hnmedintely to the car accountant. The' age-8 o'tf *he angrilia sheet is vcorrespon in ly divided by the orizontal and. vertical 'nee A(5M-7* reepectively.' Back ofi age 2*is=-;prepard .95 witltcarbon 9 or a loose' eaofcarbon may :be-inserted Bo .that aS the' originil; mpor-t' is made on seid-puget' a Gnrbk; will fbe -`forn'ied Von .the :.page 3%.. The e hand colimn of thepeg'e 2a 1 s provided w'bh serios of peroretione 10; there one ltE dflthe line 6 and by vertica1..lines .1110

into columns` for recording the destination of each car, its weight, information as to fastenings of end doors on inside ot' cars, the

seal numbers, the number of the car in the train and remarks. The top of the page 1s 'provided with a blank on which to record the numbers of the engines', from4 vand to where each is operated, the names of engineers and the brakemen. The leaf contaming page 3b as the ri ht hand portion of the auxiliary sheet 3, orms in the book, the next detachable leaf having the page 2, and

- the back of page Qb'forms in the book the next page 3*. In using the device, the conductor vmakes the proper entry eachtime a car is taken on or dropped, hence when t/he train arrlves at the terminal the record is complete and saves as the conductors report is complete at the i same to the. car accountant by the first Cal'S.

much` time and ezt ense will be savedg tracing shipments, y te1egra)h."11`urth morc,.as the reports forwarde are the-origijnals the `liability of verrors will 'bel further `lredneed.

the conductor a great deal of timein preparing hisreport .at the end of theV trlp, whlch is now the customary practice. As soon as a tram arrives at its destination, the conductor deta'ches-the leaf eontaining'the page 28L along the perforated line 8 and forwards the assenge'r train. As soon as the leaf 4is received at- `the',.accountants oflice the` sections d1- vided by the line 6 are separated and dis- Itis obvious that with the presentzmethod many errors are made and that a large `percentage ofsuch errors will heobviat'ed by the proper useof the device above described. The Jerforations 10 areprovided for placing the sections on a file sothat thenfile pin shall not destroy or obliterate any portion of the record. It is also obviousthat inasmuch end'of the trip and may be immediately sent i to the propel-bilico, that errors will be re-` .duced to a minimum and'by reasonof.;y repor-ts being entered in records more quickly Y' n VAs above described theV book is constructed to contain a single report, lx1-which ease a boolc is supplied for each trip; However, it may bel desirable tor provide a book adapted tocontain a number of' reports, andA in Fig. 3 I have `illustrated lsucha device. ln'this fornrthciboolt? is composed of a plurality of ages. 43 and. 3P."

similar sheeta-onc'gside of each containing Ierpagcs QPand andthe other `side the In fmaking ,the :book each),

may be readi l f y alternate sheet isreversed, that is has the side containing the pages 3 and 3b turned uppermost so'that the bo'ok practically 'comprises the alternate sheets 2 land 3 as in the preceding iorm. f The sheets are secured to gether along a vertical centr-al line as before described and the page 3" is carbonized, page Sbforming the back of the leaf containing page 2a, hence it is obvious that when the book is opened with the ,pages ,2L-2" -exposed, the corresponding page 3b, which is the-back of leal' containing page-2, is in position to make an impression upon the correspondin page 3*. After the-report is completed t e leaf containingthe page`2, having the back 3b, isdetached along the perforated line, as before described. .lily turning over two more leaves in succession, namely page 2b with the back 3n and the following page 3b with the back 2* which constitutesl the uppermost page' for the next report, the

book 1s' in position t enter another report.

With thisv construction each Sheet com rises the pages 2% and 2F uponjone side wit the pagesBb and 3 on the reverse faces' thereof respectively, 'each page containing the same matter as described for Athe corresponding pa es in the prior forni;

claim as new and Patent isz l. A conductors train report book. comprising a back and a mainsheet in combination With'an auxiliary sheet ,inter osed between them, the sameA being folde and secured together along a central vertical line dividing the-samel into left and right hand pages, the left hand page being provided with the records of the several cars of which the train was composed and theirmovements and contents together `with data at the to indicatin the train and the conductor an also provided at its right hand edge adjacent desire to secure by Letters aving described 'myA invention what 1 said central line with a line of p'erforationsl i whereby it may be readily detached, the right hand page of the main sheet bearing data'indicaitive of the destination of the cars', their weights, information in regard. to vsealin and alrecord of the engines, the engineer an the bra'kemen, said gleft hand leaf ofv themain sheet being prepared with carbon on the back and the underlying page of the auxiliary sheet beingruled like the left hand page of the main sheet, substantially as (le- 2. A conductors train record book comprising aA plurality of similarl ruled sheets 'folded 'and secured together a ong a' central.

vertical line dividing the. same into equal right andV left-handlcaves, the left hand las page on one side of the sheet being provided with the records' of the several'cars of the train and their movements and aline of per- Y forations adjacent v its inner edge whereby it ly detached,- the righthand page on the same side bearing data indicatve of the destinaten' of the ears, their Weights, illfornmifm in regard to Sealing and a record of the engines, tne engineer and brakemen, the beek of@ the Suid left hund leaf being prepared with carbon and the back of the. right hand leaf being rnled smilar to the front ofi .eenVL left hund page, and said sheets being arranged une upon the E 0111@ und the alternate sheets being reversed, 10 substantially as described. In testimony whereof l' have Signed my g nume tu hs specification inutile presence of two Subscribing witnesses. A

JAS. C. A. CRANE. 1Witnesses:

F. STUBGS, C. S. P. GARDNER. 

